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588. Alseonax latirostris. The Brown Flycatcher. 



Muscicapa latirostris, Raffl. Tr. Linn. Soe. xiii, p. .312 (1821). 

 Butalis terricolor, Hodgs., Blyih, J. A. S. B. xvi, p. 120 (1847) ; id. 



Cat. -p. 175. 

 Hemichelidon latirostris (Raffl.), Blyth, Cat. p. 175; Horsf.SfM. 



Cat. i, p. 137. 

 Muscicapa elm reo-alba, Temm. Sf Schley. Faun. Jap., Aves, p. 42, 



pi. 15 (1850). 

 Alseouax latirostris {Raffl,.), Jerd. B. I. i, p. 459 ; Hume fy Henders. 



Lah. to Yark. p. 185, pi. v ; Hume, S. F. ii, p. 219 ; Snarpe, Cat. 



B. M. iv, p. 127; Leyye, Birds Ceyl. p. 415; Hume, Cat. no. 297; 



Brooks, S. F. ix, p. 225 ; Oates, B. B. i, p. 277 ; Barnes, Birds 



Bom. p. 163. 

 Alseonax terricolor (Hodys.), Jerd. B. I. i, p. 4G0 ; Hume, Cat. 



no. 298. 

 The Southern Brown Flycatcher, The Rufescent-broivn Flycatcher, Jerd. ; 

 Zakki, flind. 



Fig. 14. — Uill of A. latirostris. 



Coloration. Upper plumage ashy brown, the feathers of the crown 

 with darker centres ; tail dark brown, the outer feathers very 

 narrowly tipped with whitish ; wings and coverts dark brown, all 

 but the primaries broadly edged with ashy white ; lores and a ring 

 of feathers round the eye white ; sides of the head brown ; lower 

 plumage white, tinged with ashy on the breast and sides of the body. 



The young have the crown blackish streaked with fulvous ; the 

 upper plumage and wings with large terminal fulvous spots ; the 

 lower plumage like that of the adult but mottled with brown. 

 After the autumn moult and till the following spring the young 

 are very rufous. 



Bill black, the base of the lower mandible yellow ; mouth orange ; 

 iris brown ; legs and claws black. The young bird has the whole 

 bill yellow except the tip, which is dusky. 



Length rather more than 5 ; tail 2; wing 2-8; tarsus # 5 ; bill 

 from gape "7. 



Distribution. The whole Empire except the north-west portion. 

 I have seen no example of this species from Sind, the Punjab, 

 Bajputana, or Guzerat. It occurs in Ceylon and the Andamans. 

 On the Himalayas it is a summer visitor as far west as Chamba, 

 and it is found in the other portions of the Empire chiefly in winter, 

 but some birds appear to be resident in certain parts all the year 

 round, for I have seen a specimen obtained in Ceylon in June. 



This Elycatcher has a wide range, being found from Japan and 

 Eastern (Siberia to the Philippines and Java. Specimens killed in 

 the Malay peninsula in July and August are contained in the British 

 Museum Collection. 



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